The White House said on Sunday President Donald Trump may still meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, despite the US accusing Iran of masterminding drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway did not rule out the possibility in a television interview broadcast as Saudi Arabia raced to restart operations at oil plants hit by drone attacks that slashed its production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arch-foes Tehran and Washington have been at loggerheads since May last year when Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing punitive measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran responded by scaling back its commitments to the multination accord, which gave it the promise of sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tehran-backed Huthi rebels in neighboring Yemen claimed Saturday\u2019s strikes on two plants owned by state giant Aramco, but US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran, saying there was no evidence the \u201cunprecedented attack on the world\u2019s energy supply\u201d was launched from Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Analysts see hope for more compromise following the exit of Trump\u2019s hardline national security advisor John Bolton, the architect of a \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d strategy to bring Iran into line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday\u2019s explosions set off fires that engulfed the Abqaiq plant, the world\u2019s largest oil processing facility, and nearby Khurais, which hosts a massive oil field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conway said Trump\u2019s trade war with China, which has increased uncertainty and undermined the global economy, proved the benefits of having a businessman in the White House who was a patient dealmaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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